Drug-eluting stents or balloon angioplasty for drug-eluting stent-associated restenosis: An observational follow-up study of first-time versus repeated restenosis

Background: The treatment of patients with repeated drug-eluting stent–in stent restenosis (DES-ISR) remains a challenge and a burdensome clinical problem. Methods: Over a 3-year period, 130 lesions in 123 patients who underwent target lesion revascularization (TLR) for DES restenosis were included...

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Main Authors: Mohamed Aboel-Kassem F. Abdelmegid, Tarek A.N. Ahmed, Masashi Kato, Kenji Ando, Takenori Domei, Masashi Iwabuchi, Masakiyo Nobuyoshi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Saudi Heart Association 2017-04-01
Series:Journal of the Saudi Heart Association
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1016731516301567